LAist: My Neighborhood is Sooooo Shitty

Evergreen

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:44:41 -0800

I know this post is old but I needed to vent. I was looking out my apartment window, and a woman was walking her dog and it pooped. Yes she walked away plus the dog was pulling her onto the grass and she had to switch hands for holding the dog or she would have stepped into it. Funny how she didn't want to step into it but left it for others to step into it as they park their car. I had to say " Are you just going to leave the crap there?" "Aren't you going to pick it up?" But she just kept walking and looking around for where the voice was coming from. I was about 15 feet away from the idiot. This is not the first time for sure that someone has walked away from their doggie doo. I would love the job of taking pictures of these people then handing them a fine "Ticket" and get a cut from the city. Why can't this be done? A nice little finders fee for reporting the violation with a picture. I would love to hand someone a ticket who doesn't get the idea of cleaning up after their dog! I would also love to put the picture on the tree next to the doo so other people could see who left the mess. If the city would make strict inforcments like let someone hold a big sign that says I didn't clean up my dog poop from your neighborhood grass!!! It was just on the news today that a woman had taken money in coins from a church a judge ordered her to stand in front of the church with a sign saying what she did wrong. Peace

Evergreen

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:44:33 -0800

jprang

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:23:25 -0800

You must be mistaken. Each time the city enforces the "pooper scooper law," we are inundated with angry complaints from dog walkers who insist that they all "self regulate" one another to ensure that the neighborhoods are kept clean.

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:19:55 -0800

Thank you for your post about dog droppings. Sadly, it appears that more and more people just don't give a damn about others. I live in a large townhome community in Chatsworth and no matter how often people are told in the monthly newsletter (we also have those brown doggie poop bags located next to a doggie drop site) they still appear to be too lazy to bend over at the waist and pick up after their dog. I guess they are blind, and can't smell either. I really like the idea of hiding in the bushes with a mega-phone. Or, I am considering buying some sort of poop launcher and sending the message aimed squarely at their front door.

xtx

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:48:17 -0800

That was a shitty post. (sorry...had to do it...)

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:08:23 -0800

I just noticed the same thing yesterday! My previously clean, dog-poo-minded, West Hollywood neighborhood has suddenly taken a turn for the worse in just one week! The piles are so abundant you can see them clearly as you drive by. Childish, I know, but sometimes I feel like tracking down those people, and returning their poo to their doorsteps with little signs that say "You dropped something". Or maybe something like this: http://www.madeyouthink.org/ (keep refreshing the page for different pics)

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:34:10 -0800

^^^ mean, angry person. get a hobby. great post mialka! it can be frustrating when you are tying to do the right thing and are being harmed by others who dont seem to care.

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:33:28 -0800

Love WeHoian diplomacy. Over in Echo Park, "be a good neighbor, clean up after your dog" translates to this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildbell/727810236/in/set-72157600661944005/ -Will Campbell

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:52:18 -0800

Here is what I did in the apartment building I own and manage, and it worked. I installed security cameras around the perimeter of my building. When someone leaves a pile on the parkway (the grassy area between the sidewalk and the street), I find them on the tapes (not too hard once you do it a few times, it's all high tech and computerized), print out their picture and make sure to include a the best shot of their face I can so you totally know who it is, write a nasty note on it, and post in on poles in the neighborhood. It has totally worked. We haven't seen turds in a while. The best things I have seen are one guy who smooshed the turds into the ground with his foot instead of picked them up, and then another guy who tore down his photo that I printed out from the day before, that was really funny too. The cameras also have solved crimes, but I mainly use them to police dog owners. I love dogs, but I despise dog owners in LA and will never, ever rent to them.